"Please Mr. Please ""Please Mr. Please"" is a song from 1975 by the British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. The song was written by Bruce Welch and John Rostill, both members of British pop singer Cliff Richard's backing band, The Shadows. Welch had originally recorded the song himself in 1974 with no commercial success. The song appears on Newton-John's album, ""Have You Never Been Mellow"". Released as a single in 1975, ""Please Mr. Please"" reached the Top 10 on three major ""Billboard"" charts in the U.S. that year. On the pop chart, the song peaked at #3 in August 1975, remaining in"
"30 in that year - Ref NME. In 1959, Welch visited Chester and asked him if he had any songs as everybody was song writing at the time. They went through his list of songs and found ""Please Don't Tease"", which Chester had just written, and they worked on it together. Welch eventually sang it to Cliff Richard who recorded it. It went to number one for three weeks in 1960. Chester's song ""Left Out Again"", and """"Tell Me"" written with Bruce Welch, appeared on Cliff Richard's album ""Me and My Shadows"" released later in 1960. The first single released"
"""Nine Times Out of Ten"" came second and was the follow-up single. The single also reached number 1 in India, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and Thailand. The single sold 1.59 million copies worldwide. ""Please Don't Tease"" was included on the EP ""Cliff's Silver Discs"", released December 1960. Its first inclusion on an LP was ""Cliff's Hit Album"", released July 1963. In 1978, the song was revisited in a contemporary arrangement and added to his live repertoire. It was played without The Shadows at their reunion concerts in March 1978 (as recorded on ""Thank You Very Much""), and recorded in the"
"Tommy Steele Tommy Steele, (born Thomas Hicks, 17 December 1936) is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star. He reached number one with ""Singing the Blues"" in 1957, and ""The Tommy Steele Story"" was the first album by a UK act to reach number one. Steele's film credits include ""Half a Sixpence"", ""The Happiest Millionaire"" and ""Finian's Rainbow"", and he has made many stage tours in the UK. He is also a songwriter, author and sculptor. His claim to have shown Elvis Presley around London has been challenged by more than one source."
"last name, their favorite, had to be dropped following an injunction, and they split up again."" Helen Shapiro Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is an English pop singer, jazz singer and actress. She is best known for her two 1961 UK chart toppers, ""You Don't Know"" and ""Walkin' Back to Happiness"". Shapiro was born at Bethnal Green Hospital in the East End district of Bethnal Green, London. Her early childhood was spent in a Clapton council house in the London borough of Hackney, where she attended Northwold Primary School and Clapton Park Comprehensive School until Christmas 1961. She"
"Adam Faith Terence Nelhams-Wright (23 June 1940 – 8 March 2003), known as Adam Faith, was a British teen idol, singer, actor and financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5. He was also one of the first UK acts to record original songs regularly. Terence Nelhams-Wright was born at 4 East Churchfield Road, Acton, Middlesex (now London), England. Known as Terry Nelhams, he was unaware his surname was Nelhams-Wright until he applied for a passport and obtained his"
"Jeannie Seely Marilyn Jeanne ""Jeannie"" Seely (born July 6, 1940) is an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She is best known for her 1966 Grammy award-winning country hit ""Don't Touch Me"", which peaked at No. 1 on the Record World and ""Cash Box"" country singles charts, and at No. 2 on ""Billboard"". Seely has produced numerous country hits, from the 1960s into the mid-1970s, including duets with Jack Greene like 1969's ""I Wish I Didn't Have to Miss You"". Seely has befriended many singers, musicians and songwriters in the country music field, including Jan Howard and"
"Carol Deene Carol Deene (born Carole Carver, 3 August 1944, Thurnscoe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is an English former pop singer. After appearing on Joan Regan's BBC TV programme ""Be My Guest"" in 1961, when she was 16, Deene was signed to the HMV label, and scored three Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart in 1962. ""Norman"" reached number 24 in January 1962, ""Johnny Get Angry"" reached number 32 in July, and ""Some People"" hit number 25 in August. Her first chart hit was ""Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)"", a number 44 entry in the UK chart"
"UK Singles Chart began on 31 October 1959 and lasted 17 weeks. The last chart-topper of the 1950s, it retained the number one position for the first three weeks of 1960 until it was replaced by Michael Holliday's 'Starry Eyed' on 29 January 1960. The 1945 film ""Nob Hill"", starring George Raft, Joan Bennett and Peggy Ann Garner, featured Vivian Blaine singing this song. The 1950 film ""Wabash Avanue"", starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Phil Harris, had used the chorus as a transition between scenes, following ""I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River"" In 1960, Danish rock singer"
"an eventual release in late October 1960, following copyright discussions. It became the first song to enter the new Record Retailer charts at no.1 - later adopted as the UK Singles Chart. During an eight-week run at the top, Elvis held off strong competition from Shirley Bassey (""As Long as He Needs Me"") and The Drifters (""Save the Last Dance for Me""). Eventually, one week before Christmas, he was deposed by Cliff Richard and the Shadows' ""I Love You"". Elvis dropped to no.2 and would leave the top 10 as ""Are You Lonesome Tonight?"" began its ascent to no.1. After"
"1960s, including Tom Jones and Dusty Springfield and interest had been maintained by figures such as David Bowie, but it was not until the 1980s that a clear genre of British soul music developed with flourishing soul scenes in major cities like London and Manchester, often with many black artists, supported by local and pirate radio stations. This interest was reflected in a series of covers or songs inspired by soul for a number of major acts, including Phil Collins's ""You Can't Hurry Love"" (1982), Culture Club's ""Church of the Poison Mind"" (1983), The Style Council's ""Speak Like a Child"","
"include the Tams' 1964 recording ""Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"" (UK No. 1, July 1971) - which was popularised by Midlands DJ Carl Dene - the Fascinations' 1966 single ""Girls Are Out to Get You"" (UK No. 32, 1971), the Elgins' ""Heaven Must Have Sent You"" (UK No. 3 July 1971), the Newbeats' 1965 American hit ""Run Baby Run"" (UK No. 10, Oct 1971), Bobby Hebb's ""Love Love Love"" which was originally the B-side of ""A Satisfied Mind"" (UK No. 32 August 1972), Robert Knight's ""Love On a Mountain Top"" of 1968 (UK No. 10, November 1973) and R. Dean"
"in the United Kingdom. Prior to the album's release the tracks ""Emotions"" and ""I'm Learning About Love"" had been issued on a single in December 1960: ""Emotions"", written by Mel Tillis and Ramsey Kearney, had been the favored side reaching #7 in February 1961 although ""I'm Learning About Love"" also became a Top 40 hit peaking at #33. while also reaching #45 on the UK Singles Chart. The album was officially released on April 3, 1961 on Decca Records and peaked at #24 on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart, becoming Lee's first album not to peak in the ""Billboard"" 200"
"broadcast on BBC One on 4 May 1990. Bryan Johnson (singer) Bryan Johnson (18 July 1926 – 18 October 1995) was an English singer and actor. Having been eliminated in the semi finals of the 1957 UK heats for Eurovision, he later emulated his brother and sister-in-law, Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson, by coming second in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960, with ""Looking High, High, High"". The single reached number 20 in the UK singles chart in April 1960. Johnson also participated in , the UK qualifying heat for Eurovision in 1961. His song, ""A Place in the Country"""
"on the British singles chart in 1960, but was outsold by Mark Wynter's rival version of the same song. Two follow-ups, ""Keep Loving Me"" (1960) and ""Miracles Are Happening To Me"" (1961) failed to reach the chart, and Keene's recording career appears to have ended at that point. He was reported as living in Australia in 2010. Nelson Keene Nelson Keene was the stage name of Malcolm Holland (born 1942). He was a British pop singer at the start of the 1960s. He was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, one of ten children. As a singer, he was managed by Larry"
"was, in contrast to more recent charts, a top twelve sourced by the magazine itself from sales in regional stores around the UK. The first number one was ""Here in My Heart"" by Al Martino. During the 1960s the paper championed the new British groups emerging at the time. The ""NME"" circulation peaked under Andy Gray (editor 1957–1972) with a figure of 306,881 for the period from January to June 1964. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones were frequently featured on the front cover. These and other artists also appeared at the NME Poll Winners' Concert, an awards event that"
"as ""Top Of The Pops"") were all confused as to which was the most accurate. The Official Charts Company uses ""NME"" until March 1960 and then uses ""Record Retailer"" until 1969, when an official sole chart was formed by an alliance between the two most popular charts. To kick off the brand new chart, American jazz singer Al Martino had the first ever number one single in the UK with ""Here in My Heart"", which remains his biggest selling single. The song spent nine consecutive weeks at number one, which continued to be the longest consecutive run at number one"
"1960s include Judy Henske, Richard and Mimi Fariña, and the Mugwumps, the latter of which were a New York band featuring future members of the Lovin' Spoonful and the Mamas & the Papas. Also of note are the Australian band the Seekers, who had relocated to England in 1964 and reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart with ""I'll Never Find Another You"" in February 1965. Unterberger has noted that, although it was not strictly a folk song, ""I'll Never Find Another You"" was heavily influenced by Peter, Paul and Mary and featured a cyclical, twelve-string guitar part that"
"version. It was released by Triumph Records on a single in the UK as catalog number RGM 1030 in August 1960. Tell Laura I Love Her ""Tell Laura I Love Her"", a teenage tragedy song written by Jeff Barry and Ben Raleigh, was an American Top Ten popular music hit for singer Ray Peterson in 1960 on RCA Victor Records, reaching #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Later that same year, the song was recorded and released by Ricky Valance in the United Kingdom, where it went all the way to the #1 spot in the UK Singles"
"Bryan Johnson (singer) Bryan Johnson (18 July 1926 – 18 October 1995) was an English singer and actor. Having been eliminated in the semi finals of the 1957 UK heats for Eurovision, he later emulated his brother and sister-in-law, Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson, by coming second in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960, with ""Looking High, High, High"". The single reached number 20 in the UK singles chart in April 1960. Johnson also participated in , the UK qualifying heat for Eurovision in 1961. His song, ""A Place in the Country"" came fifth. He was also an actor who,"
"the first recording session, Valance was given the chance to cover Ray Peterson's American hit, ""Tell Laura I Love Her"". He was rewarded with a number 1 hit in September 1960, thanks to airplay on Radio Luxembourg. The BBC refused to play teenage tragedy songs like ""Tell Laura I Love Her"". Many American death rock records were simply never released in the United Kingdom. Ray Peterson's original version of ""Tell Laura I Love Her"", which was co-written by Jeff Barry, was not released in the United Kingdom, because Decca Records considered it in bad taste. EMI subsequently arranged for Valance"
"Samantha Fox Samantha Karen Fox (born 15 April 1966) is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and former glamour model. In 1983, at age 16, she began appearing as a topless model on Page 3 of British tabloid newspaper ""The Sun"", and continued as a Page 3 girl until 1986. During this time, she became the most popular pin-up girl of her era, as well as one of the most photographed British women of the 1980s. In 1986, she launched a pop music career with her debut single ""Touch Me (I Want Your Body)"", which peaked at number-one in 17 countries."
"Helen Shapiro Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is an English pop singer, jazz singer and actress. She is best known for her two 1961 UK chart toppers, ""You Don't Know"" and ""Walkin' Back to Happiness"". Shapiro was born at Bethnal Green Hospital in the East End district of Bethnal Green, London. Her early childhood was spent in a Clapton council house in the London borough of Hackney, where she attended Northwold Primary School and Clapton Park Comprehensive School until Christmas 1961. She is the granddaughter of Russian Jewish immigrants; her parents, who were piece-workers in the garment industry,"
"Lists of UK Albums Chart number ones This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Albums Chart, from its inception in 1956 to the present. The sources are the ""Record Mirror"" chart from 1956 to the end of 1958, the ""Melody Maker"" chart from November 1958 to March 1960, the ""Record Retailer"" chart from March 1960 to March 1972 and the ""Music Week"" chart from then onwards. In January 1989 the compilation album chart started, and compilation albums were excluded from the main chart. The first number one album was Frank Sinatra's ""Songs for Swingin' Lovers""."
"latter a pseudonym for Buzz Cason. The song, composed by Tony Hatch, appeared in the soundtrack to the horror film, ""Circus of Horrors"" (1960). Garry Mills Garry Mills (also Gary Mills) (born 13 October 1941 in West Wickham, Kent, England), was a British pop singer. Mills had three hits on the UK Singles Chart in the early 1960s. Released on Top Rank Records in 1960 were ""Look for a Star"" (charted at #7) and ""Top Teen Baby"" (#24). ""I'll Step Down"", released on Decca in 1961, charted at #39. In the United States, ""Look for a Star"" reached #26 on"
"Bert Weedon Herbert Maurice William 'Bert' Weedon, OBE (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012) was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK Singles Chart, in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial guides, ""Play in a Day"", were a major influence on many leading British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Dave Davies, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page. He was awarded an OBE in 2001 for his"
"John Lennon, Paul McCartney and countless others, Weedon could well be described as the most genuinely influential guitarist of all time."" Bert Weedon Herbert Maurice William 'Bert' Weedon, OBE (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012) was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK Singles Chart, in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial guides, ""Play in a Day"", were a major influence on many leading British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John"
"Mel B Melanie Janine Brown (born 29 May 1975), also known as Mel B or Melanie B, is an English television personality, singer and actress. Brown rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. With over 85 million records sold worldwide, the group became the best-selling female group of all time. During the group's hiatus, Brown released her debut solo album ""Hot"". The album's lead single, ""I Want You Back"" charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and was included on the soundtrack for"
"the song had potential, Copeland went on to record it himself, playing all the instruments and singing. In order not to disrupt the career of The Police, which at the time was an emerging band, Copeland chose to record under the pseudonym ""Klark Kent"". Released as a single by A&M in 1978, ""Don't Care"" reached number 48 in the UK Singles Chart When Klark Kent was subsequently invited to Top of the Pops to perform the song, Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers, Kim Turner and Miles Copeland showed up wearing masks to disguise their identity. Copeland's voice couldn't be heard through"
"artists rose to popularity in the early 1980s as British music videos appeared in American media, leading to what is now known as the ""Second British Invasion"". Another wave of British mainstream prominence in U.S. music charts came in the mid-1990s with the brief success of Spice Girls, Oasis and Robbie Williams. At least one British act would appear somewhere on the Hot 100 every week from November 2, 1963 until April 20, 2002, originating with the debut of the Caravelles' ""You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"". British acts declined in popularity throughout the 1990s, and in"
"number one on the US Hot 100. All were preceded by British jazz musician Kenny Ball peaking at #2 on 17 March 1962 on the Hot 100 with the instrumental ""Midnight in Moscow"". Some observers have noted that US teenagers were growing tired of singles-oriented pop acts like Fabian. The Mods and Rockers, two youth ""gangs"" in mid-1960s Britain, also had an impact in British Invasion music. Bands with a Mod aesthetic became the most popular, but bands able to balance both (e.g. the Beatles) were also successful. In October 1963, the first newspaper articles about the frenzy in England"
"Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich were a British pop/rock group of the 1960s. Two of their single releases sold in excess of one million copies each, and they reached number one in the UK Singles Chart with the second of them, ""The Legend of Xanadu"". Five friends from Wiltshire, David John Harman (Dave Dee), Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies (Dozy), John Dymond (Beaky), Michael Wilson (Mick) and Ian Frederick Stephen Amey (Tich), formed a group in 1961, originally called Dave Dee and the Bostons. They soon gave up their jobs (e.g. Dave Dee"
"the past 60 years. Terry Dene Terry Dene (born Terence Williams, 20 December 1938) is a former British pop and rock music singer popular in the late 1950s. He had three Top Twenty hits between June 1957 and May 1958. Dene was born in Lancaster Street, Elephant & Castle, London, and was discovered by Paul Lincoln at the 2i's Coffee Bar (the London club that helped launch Tommy Steele, Adam Faith and Cliff Richard) in Soho in the late 1950s. Jack Good, producer of ""Six-Five Special"", and Dick Rowe helped him obtain a recording contract with Decca. At the time"